A former Plymouth Argyle player has decided to hang up his boots after making almost 500 career appearances and winning 12 international caps.

Striker Jermaine Easter was released by Bristol Rovers at the end of the 2016/17 season and spent the summer on trial at Yeovil Town, but despite the wishes of Glovers boss Darren Way to sign him for this season, Easter has opted against prolonging his career.

Easter played in two pre-season friendlies for the Glovers, which convinced Way he was worthy of a deal. At the time, the Yeovil boss said: “We’ve offered Jermaine a contract and at the moment he’s just considering his other offers from other clubs and we’ll just sit and wait.”

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Writing on Linkedin on Saturday, the former Bristol Rovers and Millwall striker said he had retired from playing to focus on a new job outside of football.

He wrote: “Looking forward to my new role at Wasserman Media Group.

“Officially retired from playing football this week… #PasturesNew.”

Cardiff-born Easter started his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he failed to make an appearance, before joining Hartlepool United in 2001.

He made 29 substitute appearances in the league for Pools, and not a single start, before heading south to Cambridge, initially on loan in February 2004.

The move was made permanent that summer, but Easter left the Abbey late on in the 2014/15 season, opting to link up with Boston United, where he finished the season scoring three times in nine appearances.

That led to a move to Stockport County where he scored eight in 19 league appearances, which led to him joining Wycombe Wanderers and it was following his two years in Buckinghamshore that Argyle made their move for him.

He initially joined on loan, scoring twice in five league games before the move was made permanent. In total, Easter made 39 appearances for the Pilgrims, scoring six goals, before loan spells at MK Dons and Colchester.

Easter then joined MK Dons in July 2009, where he made 50 league appearances before a switch to Crystal Palace followed a loan spell at Swansea City.

Easter spent two-and-a-half years at Selhurst Park before a second loan spell at Millwall was made permanent and he ended up joining Bristol Rovers, who were to be his last professional club, in January 2015.